King Leopold's Free State men? Very few of them were Europeans historically, much less Belgians.
It was a private enterprise employing estabilished African and Arab slavers and all sorts of inernational mercenaries, in addition to just locals.
Randomly checked how it's portrayed in these history cartoons in YT, https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xifl_sz8i6k seems surprisingly accurate do far (besides the obviously ridicalous Duck Tales gold scene).
Already? They just did one where he fought Belgians in the Congo a few years ago.
King Leopold's Free State men? Very few of them were Europeans historically, much less Belgians.
It was a private enterprise employing estabilished African and Arab slavers and all sorts of inernational mercenaries, in addition to just locals.
Randomly checked how it's portrayed in these history cartoons in YT, https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xifl_sz8i6k seems surprisingly accurate do far (besides the obviously ridicalous Duck Tales gold scene).